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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 26482678, member: 10613&quot;]No, it is Septimius Severus</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1688283[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus</p><p>A.D. 193- 211</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP [?]; Laureate head right.</p><p>MVNIFICENTIA AVG; elephant right.</p><p>Rome mint</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>MVNIFICENTIA means &quot;he gave shows to the people&quot;, and the elephant represents an animal that fought in the arena.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the spring of A.D. 197, the shows commemorated by the coins are written about in the vita Severi: &quot;He then departed to make war against the Parthians, after giving GLADITORIAL GAMES and distributing a largesse to the people.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Meanwhile, Septimius gives practical proof of his love for the Roman people by largesse (LIBERALITAS AVG II), munificent games (MVNIFICENTIA AVG), symbolized by the elephant, and by a general policy of &#039;spoiling&#039; them (INDVLGENTIA AVG).&quot; Mattingly BMC V, p. xciii[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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